Re: release data oracle12G
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 11:05:12 -0800 (PST)
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On Nov 4, 1:17 pm, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mla..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:07:00 -0700, ddf wrote:
> >> 12c in the sky with diamonds?
>
> >> --http://mgogala.byethost5.com
>
> > I'm expecting cubic zirconias.
>
> > David Fitzjarrell
>
> I was referring to the Beatles song called "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKXfqpg-Q-k
>
> It's a psychedelic fantasy, just like the idea of the "cloud database".
> Only a person on acid or some other controlled substance may believe that
> a significant number of companies will entrust their most critical
> business data to the "cloud". On the other hand, I understand that the
> vast majority of the group members are too young to remember the Beatles.
Anyone who claims to remember the '60s wasn't there.
>
> This comes out after a two minute on Google:http://tinyurl.com/3f25olphttp://tinyurl.com/3fggwcyhttp://techcrunch.com/2011/08/08/amazon-ec2-outage/
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> Those were 2 major Amazon EC2 cloud outages, affecting well known
> companies, twice this year, in April and August. I believe that the smart
> thing is to wait until the cloud is less cloudy. Also, there is no
> saving. The license prices are the same and the Oracle licenses are much
> more expensive than the underlying machine. By far the largest cost is to
> pay for the licenses and for the support. Cloud computing doesn't save
> you much when talking about serious Oracle installations and the cloud is
> probably much less reliable than the real boxes, maintained by the
> company itself.
>
> --http://mgogala.byethost5.com
I generally agree, certainly with the sentiment. But the one big thing that is different is the rapidity of the sales cycle. Rather than the whole RFP and budget process, a company can feel like they are being responsive to their market (or able to grab economy-goosing stimulants) by being able to say "make it so." As salescritters know, you have to strike while the iron is hot. Cloud is cooking with gas. So the smart thing is highly subject to reality distortion fields (yes, I'm part way through the Jobs biography).
jg
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